This record is for the oldest living sloth in captivity.
This record is to be attempted by any species of sloth.
This record is measured in years and days.
For the purpose of this record, sloths are a group of arboreal Neotropical xenathran mammals, constituting the suborder Folivora. Noted for their slowness of movement, they spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South America and Central America.
